January 21, 2014

Host of the Emmy Award Winning Cooking Show "A Taste of History" to Conduct Cooking Demonstration and Customer Meet-and-Greet

CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ, January 21, 2014 – Building on the free cooking demonstrations and workshops the recently opened Village Food Garden Culinary Center offers at the new ShopRite of Greater Morristown, the Culinary Center will also be hosting visiting guest chefs throughout the year.

First on the menu is Chef Walter Staib, a James Beard-nominated chef, restaurateur, culinary historian, cookbook author and Emmy Award winning TV host. Chef Staib received his culinary training in many of Europe's finest hotels and restaurants before coming to the United States. He is the driving force behind one of the nation's most unique dining establishments: Philadelphia's City Tavern, a faithful recreation of an original 18th century tavern.

Currently, Chef Staib can be seen nationwide on PBS and RLTV bringing the 18th century to life on A Taste of History, which was awarded four Emmy awards, and was nominated in 2012 by the James Beard Foundation for the Best TV Show on Location. Chef Staib is the author of six cookbooks, including his most recent release, A Sweet Taste of History: 100 Elegant Dessert Recipes from America’s Earliest Days.

Drawing on his passion for culinary excellence, Chef Staib will demonstrate quick and easy recipes using Black Bear® European-Style delicatessen meats and cheeses, which are sold exclusively at ShopRite. Chef Staib will present a demonstration of his creations and attendees will receive samples, as well as recipe cards, which he will sign.

About Village Super Market, Inc.
Greek immigrants Nick and Perry Sumas opened the first Village Supermarket in 1937. Just under 10 years later the brothers joined Wakefern, becoming one of the cooperative’s earliest members. As the Sumas family grew, so too did their business. Today, the family, including Nick’s sons James and Robert, and Perry’s sons William and John, and their children and extended family, owns and operates 29 ShopRite supermarkets located in northern, central and southern New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

About ShopRite
ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative, based in Keasbey, NJ and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With more than 250 ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves more than six million customers each week. A long-time supporter of key community efforts, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite has donated $30 million to 1,700 worthy charities and food banks since the program began in 1999. As a title sponsor of the LPGA’s ShopRite Classic, ShopRite has raised more than $24 million for local schools, hospitals and community groups. Progressive Grocer named ShopRite its 2011 Retailer of the Year and Supermarket News awarded ShopRite its 2011 Retail Excellence Award. For more information, please visit www.ShopRite.com.

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